{"id":6794,"date":"2019-11-22T23:32:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T05:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=6794"},"modified":"2019-11-22T23:32:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T05:32:43","slug":"british-airways-pilots-union-agree-on-preliminary-pay-deal-to-end-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=6794","title":{"rendered":"British Airways, Pilots Union Agree on Preliminary Pay Deal to End Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1.png 800w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1-768x426.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: British Airways logos are seen on tail fins at Heathrow Airport in west London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(Reuters) &#8211; British Airways and its pilots&#8217; union BALPA have reached a preliminary agreement to end the pay dispute that resulted in the first walkout by pilots in the airline&#8217;s history, the union said on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agreement came after the two sides held talks under the auspices of the ACAS arbitration service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BALPA said in a statement: &#8220;We can confirm that BALPA, BA and ACAS have put together a new pay and conditions proposal and, subject to final checks, BALPA expects it will shortly be consulting its 4,000 BA members on them.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A BA spokeswoman said &#8220;We welcome this positive step.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the agreement, BA agreed to insert an inflation protection clause to its previous pay offer of an 11.5% rise over three years, the Financial Times reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline also offered improvements to working conditions, rostering and flight bonuses, the paper added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>British Airways pilots went on strike for 48 hours in September, grounding 1,700 flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BA, part of International Consolidated Airlines Group &lt;ICAG.L&gt;, said in September that the strikes had cost it 137 million euros ($151 million).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Reporting by Alistair Smout in London and Rama Venkat in Bengaluru; editing by Jonathan Oatis and Louise Heavens)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/British_Airways_Boeing_787-8_G-ZBJB_no.2-1280x640.jpg?fit=640%2C320\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/British_Airways_Boeing_787-8_G-ZBJB_no.2-1280x640.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/British_Airways_Boeing_787-8_G-ZBJB_no.2-1280x640-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/British_Airways_Boeing_787-8_G-ZBJB_no.2-1280x640-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/British_Airways_Boeing_787-8_G-ZBJB_no.2-1280x640-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption>Evening taxi to Runway 6L, Toronto-Pearson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Airways and its pilots&#8217; union BALPA have reached a preliminary agreement to end the pay dispute that resulted in the first walkout by pilots in the airline&#8217;s history, the union said on Friday. 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